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Should we Ever be Comparing Ourselves, with Others???

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I’m thinking that this week’s post, might be a bit of a lightbulb moment for me.

I was having a bit of a daydream, thought process, where I was having a conversation with a content creator, who I have just recently come across
(I’ve only seen their social content.)

During this conversation, my thoughts were going to a place, where I was wanting to compare the difficulties that we faced to the difficulties that they face. But, then it struck me, that, even the thought process of doing this, was just so offensive, to me!
It just felt, so wrong!
Which, in a roundabout way, has led to this week’s blog post title of,
“Should we Ever be Comparing Ourselves, with Others???”

l then did a quick web search, that led me to a page, that then just confirmed to me, that this is a very sensible question to ask.

I’m thinking that, part of my problem is, that it’s so ingrained in me, so that I do it, (comparing to others), without even thinking about it.

I’m aware of the need to focus on what you can do, over what you can’t do.
There has been many times, in the past, when I’ve spoken this very thought to my wife, when I’ve been trying to encourage her to be thankful, for what we do have.

Now that I’m thinking about it, I’ve even got a previous post of “God is my Judge“, where I look into the thoughts of, “I don’t need to worry about what you think of me, because, it’s what my God thinks of me, that is, the bit that matters.”

So, I’m starting to see, that I am aware of this thought, on one level, but that I’m probably missing so much more.

I’m now starting to think, that this is even covered, in the very beginning, in the ten commandments.

Exodus 20:17
17 “You shall not covet your neighbour’s house. You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.”

Could this scripture also apply to, your neighbour’s abilities, looks and everything else?
Does this strike at the very heart of, “You shouldn’t compare yourself to others, but instead, listen to what your God is saying to you, about you?”

Now, I’m not saying that we should “never compare again”, as that would just be an impossible ask.
But, when it comes to our self worth, could we start to be aware of the dangers of, comparing, in the wrong way, and as such, try to do better, in the future.

I’m thinking that I may have a new subject matter to think about, look into, which may or may not, lead to further posts… ???

But, for right now, I’ll finish, as I started, with the thought of…

Should we Ever be Comparing Ourselves, with Others???

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Can You Be Thankful, when Someone Receives, What you are Waiting For?

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If you are waiting for an answer to prayer, and you then see someone else receive the answer that you are waiting for yourself, then how do you react to that?

Are you pleased for them?
Or, is there any resentment in seeing, what you are seeking, asking for, longing for, go to someone else?

Can you be left with the feeling of, “When will it be my turn?”
It can be a normal natural response, when there is pain in the pot, and the relief appears to go to another. But, just because it is a normal natural response, is it a response that we should give any time or energy to?
If a response causes us pain and upset, would we be better off, if we could instead try to… “Take captive, every thought” ?

2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

If the above has struck a chord with you, and you are still reading this, then thank you for staying with this.

If I’m going to be honest with you, I’m struggling to write the next bit.

I’ve heard, and do try to counsel myself, and my wife to follow a better line of thinking. For me, one of the obvious, go to scripture’s, is…

2 Corinthians 12:8-9
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

The part that I focus on, more than anything, is, “My grace is sufficient for you”.

There can be times when it is a real choice to think this way, instead of going down the, “When will it be our time?” or the, “It’s just not Fair!” route.
There can be times, when I need to ask, “Lord, can we Please have Your Peace and Joy, while we wait.”
Then, so many times, the words, “My grace is sufficient for you” comes back to me.

Our God is With us, in the trials. He is not distant, and leaving us to get on with it. No, He is with us, helping and supporting us, in ways seen, and unseen by us.

It can sometimes be a tough choice to say “Thank you” to Our Lord God, in the trials, and to remember and know that, His Grace, is sufficient for us. But it is still a true and valid thing to do, even if, sometimes, it hurts.

It maybe a choice, to rejoice, if we see someone else recieving a blessing, that we’d like to be recieving, but it’s still a good choice to make.

When it comes down to it, do we want to be filled with thoughts of, “It’s not fair”, or “When will it be my turn”, and the like. Or would we rather be filled with thoughts of Thankfulness and rejoicing?
What we fill up with, tends to be what flows out of us.

Ephesians 3:16-21
16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

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God. Really?

Last week, I wrote about a bit of a crazy idea, that I think I’ve been given, to just give money away, wrapped up in a message of, “God Loves You.” (Link here)

This week, I’m going to try to take down a transcript, of sorts, of the conversation/thoughts, that I’ve been having, with God, about this idea.
(I’m unable to give a full recording of what’s been going on, so I’ll just try to do what I can.)
(The bits that I think are more likely to be a direct input from God, I have made bold.)

Begin transcript…

God, … Really???
Do You, really want me to do this???
You know it’s crazy, don’t You??? … Of You do. You know all things. But, is this really from You? …

Do you think it could work?

Well, yes. If we tell someone that, “God Loves you” and that’s all we do, then they tend to not listen to us, and walk on by. But, if we told people, “God Loves you, and we have a gift of money to give to you, from God, just to say, God really does Love you.” Well, that might get a little bit more attention.
Or, I could even try the other delivery method of, just leave the gift, … Somewhere, wrapped up so that it can be seen that it is money (so that there’s less chance of it ending up in the bin), with a message that says, “Gift from God” on the outside, with a scripture or something on the inside. Then I leave it in Your hands. …
Then, it would be, over to You. For You to do with it, as You see fit.
But what if the wrong person picks it up?
What if it causes trouble or strife, in some way?
What if it all just goes wrong?

What was that bit you just said, of … “Then I leave it in Your hands.” ?

…

?????

But, do I want to part of something, that just goes wrong, in some way, that then just goes to, … ????
…
Yeah, I know the answer to this one already, “Then I leave it in Your hands.”
Yes, I know, I’m not God, You are.
Some things I’m responsible for, and I know, that there’s more things, that I’m not responsible for. I shouldn’t try to pick up things, that are not my responsibility.
But, I should, instead, just try to work with, that, which I’m meant to be doing.

Ok. But, is this idea really from You, or is it just my over active imagination?
I know that I can have a tendency to get carried away with things, if I’m not careful.

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Have I told you to not do this?

…

Well, no. …
When I’ve spoken to fellow believers about it, they’ve told me, with a bit of a silly grin on their face, “If you’ve feel that you’ve been told to do this, then do it.”
Which has been, a little bit of, not what I’m looking for. As part of me, wants for people to tell me that, I’m crazy, and that I shouldn’t be so silly.
My wife is all for the idea, and is even asking, “When are we going to do it, then?”
Which is kind of Fun, and really annoying, all at the same time! … ???

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I’m starting to think, that we could just start small. Instead of standing on the street, and shouting out, about it. We, me and my wife, could just leave a something, somewhere.
Instead of it being the full printed invite, with QR codes to various posts, it could just be a simple hand written note, stating something like, “Gift from God, just to say, God Loves you.” With a hand written verse inside. Such as …

John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

For the very first one, I could even, not write down my blog site name of Wannabe Christian Doorman, but just leave it as, being a gift from You. God.

…

OK, my wife is all for this. She seems to be even more eager to do this than me. We will go for the small start, and then just see where we go from there?

After we have left it, in it’s location to be found, we’ll then need to trust you, with what happens next to it.

Yes, I know about the parable of the seeds.
There are a few groups that fail, for various reasons.
But, there is also the group that finds good soil, that then produces a crop of, a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

Both me, and my wife, pray that this first gift from You, will find good soil, that will help to lead someone, to You.
(Again, I have to admit, my wife has been better at this bit, than me.)

…

Does this idea, fall in line with the teaching, from the parable of the shrewd manager. (Luke 16:1-9) Use worldly wealth, to make progress in Your Heavenly Kingdom. ???

…

OK, it’s clear to me, that we will try to go forward with this, with little steps first.
But one little thing, I have to ask about this, …
Why do I feel, sooo daft, for even contemplating this???

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I know, there’s a scripture verse, to answer this very thought.

2 Samuel 6:21-22
21 David retorted to Michal, “I was dancing before the Lord, who chose me above your father and all his family! He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the Lord, so I celebrate before the Lord. 22 Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my own eyes! But those servant girls you mentioned will indeed think I am distinguished!”

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I’m hoping that I’ll get just past this feeling of silliness, over this. … ???

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Have I Lost the Plot?

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I have a crazy idea, that’s making me question my own sanity?

It’s a sure fire way, to make my bank balance go down.
The idea is, to give money away, wrapped up with a gospel message, that says, “God Loves You!”

You see, I believe that God is Real!
He is Genuine, The Real Deal, A True Living God!
And I would really like for all to know that this is true.

But, How, can I let people know that God is Real?
The people who aren’t interested in the things of God?

Would a gift of a sum of money make a difference?

Could a gift of a sum of money, wrapped up in a gospel message, that God Loves Them, possibly help someone to ask the question of, “Is God real?”

These gifts of Love, could be left in strategic places, for people to just find.

Or, if I could be a bit more bold, could I stand out on the street and shout out, “I have a gift of (a sum of money) to give to you, from God!
It’s a gift of Love, from The Lord God Almighty!
Please, just step right up, and accept a gift of Love, from God.”

Could this be a way to tell people, that God Loves them, in a way that might grab their attention?

As I said, at the start of this post, “Have I lost the plot?”
Or, is this something from, My Lord God Almighty! … ???
Could this possibly be a way to reach out to those who don’t know God, so that they might ask the valid question of, “Is God Real?“

The ending scene from Schindler’s List, is playing through my mind.
The part where he asks, did I do enough?
If I’d sold my watch, could I have saved another one?
How many could I have saved, if I sold my car?

When I come face to face, with my God, what will matter more?
How much money I had left in my Bank account?
Or how many people I reached, with a simple message of, “God Loves You!” ???

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Can you Receive a Blessing, from an Awkward Source?

Lets face it, we can all have those people in our lives, who just rub us up the wrong way, in some way or another. The one, who just has the ability to do or say something, at just the wrong time, in the wrong way.

But, because they irritate us, does that mean that they can’t be a blessing to us?
Or more to the point, can we recognise that, those who do irritate us, are also able to be a blessing, either for, or to us?

I can see, that I’ve most probably, been the irritating one at times, who may have been, overlooked or misunderstood, because of the irritation that I was bringing, at the time.
(To those who I have irritated in the past, please forgive and bear with me, I’m still a work in progress.)

But I can also recognise that I am still being blessed daily, because someone who kind of irritates me, told me about a different route that I could take (literally), which was better than the route, which I was taking.

The humour is not lost on me. I am being daily blessed, because of a route which was made known to me, by someone who just kind of irritates me. 🙂

The information that I was given, is Very Good, but the one who gave me this Good information, I still find, a bit of a challenge, at times.
How many daily blessings would I be missing, if I allowed my personal struggles, influence whether I should listen to the good information, that was presented to me. (Many daily blessings.)

Can we sometimes, miss a blessing, because of where this supposed blessing is coming from?

Now please, don’t get me wrong. The source of where a blessing comes from, does matter. If an enemy tries to trick us with something that looks good, but has a sting in the tail, then there is a need to be weary of such things, and use wisdom, with how we handle such things.

But what I am trying to ask is, can we see, that it is possible to be blessed by someone, or something, that we find to be a bit, or a lot, of a challenge, annoyance or irritation?

The problem that we can face, is that we can sometimes, only see the challenge, annoyance or irritation, that the source brings to us, and as such, then miss the blessing.

We can even see a possible example of this, in the bible, when Philip tells Nathanael about Jesus.

John 1:45-46
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

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Now, if Nathanael had allowed his thinking about Nazareth, dictate his actions, he could have missed out on meeting Jesus. He could have missed out on meeting with God.
Fortunately, Nathanael listened to Philip’s response of, “Come and see”.

Will we be able to act in a similar way, of being open to test and see, if what is in front of us, is of any value, even if it comes to us, from an unexpected, or irritating source?

I can remember someone saying to me once, “Your mind is like a parachute, it’s only any good to you, when it’s open.”

How open are we to recieving something of value, from a source, that we find challenging, in some way?

As I was thinking about these things, the bible verses in, 1 Corinthians 1:27-28 was kind of coming to me. It then it made me smile, as I read it, in it’s proper context.

Christ Crucified Is God’s Power and Wisdom

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
    the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

20 Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22 Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

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Look For, What You Don’t Know???

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It’s just so annoying, when what you don’t see or know, just catches you out. Yes, I’ve just had one of those moments.

Our cooker door, can have the habit of being a bit of a pain to close, at times. A search of the web, gave me a possible solution. Which turned out to be the right solution… The first time round.
Short version, I needed to clean the catch on the oven.

So, when the door started to be a bit of a pain again, I thought, “I know how to deal with this, I’ll just do what I did last time.”
Only this time, it only kind of worked. But it was working, of a sorts.

Until it, kind of stopped working. Then my wife starts to say, again, “We need a new oven.”
To be fair, it is a bit on the old side, but still works well, other than the door, that can be a bit of a pain.

Well, cleaning the catch, worked last time, let’s have another look at the catch. So I cleaned it out, again.
This time, there was very little difference to how the door worked. So I looked even more closely at the catch, on the oven.
It looks to be the cleanest that I’ve seen it, and looks to be in good working order. ???
SO, WHY Won’t You Just WORK!!! … ???

Then I hit upon the idea of using the part on the door, to aid cleaning the catch.
Sooooo, I finally, look at the door. …
And, … I noticed that the hook, on the door, is almost falling off, of the door. … ??? … Oh??? … 🙂

Suddenly, I believe that I might have found, what the issue is, now… ??

Sure enough, I tightened up the hook, on the door, then, all of a sudden, the door is closing, that much better.
It’s working like, it’s New, once again. (So no new oven is needed. 🙂 )

All of this, lead me to the title of this post, “Look For, What You Don’t Know ???”

The idea is quite simple really.
If there’s something, that’s not working, as it should be.
And all the usual fixes, that may have been good in the past, just aren’t working?
Then, is there a something, that you’re just missing?
Would now, be a good time, to take a time out, and just ask, “My Lord God, is there a something, that I’m just missing? Is there another direction, that I need to be looking in?”

Then, just be willing to try to hear, and follow, the small quiet voice, that can point you in the right direction of where you should be going.

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Is God Real???

Blinded by the Light

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When did the Water, Actually Turn into Wine?

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When it comes to the Bible, can we sometimes make assumptions, that can then turn out to be possibly a bit suspect, or even wrong?

I’m thinking that I have made assumptions about the miracle, when Jesus turned the water into wine. I made the assumption that the water in the ceremonial jars, turned into wine, whilst it was in the jars.
But I’ve come to realise that, that particular detail, actually, isn’t in scripture. Shall we have a read of the scripture in question.

John 2:1-11

Jesus Changes Water Into Wine
2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

4 “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.

8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”

They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”

11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

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If we pay close attention to verse 9, we read that “and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.”
This verse states that the master of the banquet was given the water that had been turned into wine, but it doesn’t say what happened to the water that was in the stone jars, just that it was wine, when it was poured out to the master of the banquet.

Which leads to my question for this post. When did the water, actually turn into wine?

Did the water turn into wine, whilst it was in the stone jars, as I used to think? (Assumed, but I’m now questioning?)

Or was it a continuous miracle, of the water being transformed as it was being taken and served, to the guests, in the serving jugs?

Could it have been a case of, the servants were drawing water, from the stone jars, and seeing and knowing that it really was water that they were drawing from the stone jars. As they had been told to do so, by Jesus.
To then go and serve up wine, as they served it to the guests?
(Incidentally, the serving jugs and wine goblets were probably not glass, as they are today, but something of a less transparent nature.)

If it was a continuous transformation, could you imagine the conversations that could have happened amongst the servants?
“This doesn’t make sense. I draw out water, but I serve up wine??”
“I do hope that this keeps on working??”
“This is amazing, I can’t wait to get back to draw out some more water, to then serve up… Wine… !! … ??” Could be a few of the possibilities.

If it was a continuous transformation, then the servants would be in a place of needing to keep trusting, that it would keep working. Would it have got easier as the night carried on?
Would past experience settle their nerves, as they could think, “It worked the last number of times, it should be good, this time, as well.” ?

Do we remember when we have seen God do a work in our lives, and do we remember it, when we have a need to trust God, again?

I’m questioning as to whether Mary had previous experience of Jesus meeting a need, in their past, when their was a shortfall, and this previous experience, gave Mary the confidence, to bring the matter to Jesus in the first instance???

As I was pondering on this change of thinking, I did a search for the closest translation for the original words that are recorded.
My search led me to the word that it is recorded that was spoken by Jesus for, “to draw”. The word for drawing out the water, appeared to have a connection to bailing out water from the bottom of a boat.
It also appeared to be the same or a similar word, that was used when Jesus asked for water from the Samaritan woman, at the well.
Someone who knows how to look deeper into these details, maybe able to confirm, or even question these thoughts, better than me. But, if I’m correct, then it appears that Jesus is telling the servants, to draw out water.
This, hints to me, that the water in the jars, remained as water, in the jars, and was transformed, as it was taken to the guests, in the form of a continuous miracle. ???

I shared these thoughts with some fellow brothers, and one replied that it sounded similar to when Jesus fed the thousands. In those accounts, Jesus continued to break the loaves and fishes, as He gave them to His disciples. I’m also remembering that there is the account of the leppers, who were healed, as they went.

I’m going to finish up here by stating that I don’t know for certain, how it happened, as those details are a bit thin on the ground. But I am thinking that it could have been different, to what I’d previously thought it was.

So, it’s over to you.
What do you think actually happened?
When do you think, the water, actually turned into wine?

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Keep in Step with the Umbrella

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There were two people who were on a journey together, when suddenly, the rain started to fall.

One of the people, had an umbrella, which was large enough to provide cover for both people, which they then put up, so that both could receive it’s benefit.

The person not holding the umbrella then started to slow down a bit, and started to complain, “I’m getting wet here?”

The one holding the umbrella, simply replied, “Just keep in step with me and you’ll be fine.”

The one without the umbrella, then started to go a bit too fast, and again, started to complain, “I’m getting wet over here?”

The one holding the umbrella, without any fuss, again replied, “Just keep in step with me and you’ll be fine.”

It really is quite simple, in order to get the benefit of the umbrella, there is a need to keep in step, and remain close to, the one who has the umbrella.

In our walk with Our Lord God, will we do our best to keep in step with Him?
If He tells us to speed up or slow down, will we follow His prompting, and do so?
Can we recognise that He does have the right to set the pace, that we should be going at?
Can we see that in order to receive the best benefits and protection, it’s in our own best interests to be willing to go at the pace, that He sets, for us to follow?
If the rain starts falling, then, there can a greater need to remain that much closer, to the One who has the protection, against the rain.

Psalm73:26-28
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength of my heart
    and my portion forever.

27 Those who are far from you will perish;
    you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
28 But as for me, it is good to be near God.
    I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;
    I will tell of all your deeds.

Proverbs 3:5-6
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight.

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Clearing Out The Fog

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I was at work, doing nothing that was particularly difficult, but my mind, was just going on a bit of a go slow. My thinking was a bit distracted and muddled, and there was a bit of tension in my stomach. ???

I knew that I was not doing as well as I should have been, and that was also adding to my irritation.

I maybe describing what anxiety can feel like, for some???

All that I knew, more than anything, was that I wasn’t where I’d like to be, and it was irritating me, which was probably adding an extra layer of difficulty/annoyance to the situation.

I tried to tell myself that it was silly, and to just get past it, or over it. (Probably, more on a subconscious level, than anything else.) But it wasn’t making any real headway.

Then I thought that I can command it to go, in the power of my Lord God! (After all, I am a child of The Most High God.)

So I gave that a go. I said, to myself, “Whatever this is, be gone in the Name of Jesus Christ!”

Then nothing happened. My thinking was still muddled and distracted, and the tension remained in my stomach.

There was a thought of, “How much good was that then?” (Or something like it.)
Fortunately I didn’t dwell or follow that line of thinking for too long, but it was there. If I had, would I have missed out on the next thought???

The next thought I had, was along the lines of, “If I can’t tell it to go, can I at least tell it to be quiet?”

So I tried that.
“In Jesus name, be still and quiet.”

“Perhaps, I can do a bit better than that?” Was the next bit that then came to me. So…
“In Jesus name, be still and quiet, and in Jesus’s timing, be gone.”

I can’t remember if the tension in my stomach went on the first or second version, but go, it did. My mind was still distracted, and a bit muddled, but the tension in my stomach had gone.

Looking back, I believe that I then went into a conversation, of sorts, with my Lord God. I’d like to be able to write down all that was said, but it’s all a bit fuzzy to me now. Perhaps, I’ll be able to give you some of the highlights???

I was at work, and I did have a task, that I needed to do. It wasn’t anything too difficult, but with a distracted mind, it was taking longer than I thought it should.
The conversation wasn’t an added distraction, but more of an aid. The kind of conversation where the other person just knows when they need to be quiet, and when they can be helpful by just pointing to …. at just the right time, in the right way.
There was a few running themes of, “Don’t try to fight the annoyance, just starve it of any power.”
Another variation of this was, “Don’t try to deny it, that’s just fighting it, on another front. Just starve it.”
These thoughts go in line with the one I spoke out of,
“In Jesus name, be still and quiet, and in Jesus’s timing, be gone.”

I’m now back at home, doing so much better. Actually able to, and wanting to, write this up, mostly all in one go.
My thinking is doing that much better. (Even if my grammar maybe a bit questionable… ??? 🙂 )

All in all, I think that I can put this down as a time when I heard, my Heavenly Father’s small quiet voice, and then followed it’s prompting.

John 10:27-28
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.

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Tomorrow, is for, Tomorrow

Matthew 6:34
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

It was late at night, and I was trying to go to sleep. But, there was something that was playing on my mind.
How do I go forward with this?
Do I do this or that?
Which could lead to… , but then do I do this or that, which could lead to …
And so it went on. 😦

I’d recognised that I wasn’t able to sleep, as my mind was just in a whirl, all of it’s own. So I got up, and went to the toilet, as I was coming back, I just asked something like,
“Please Lord, can I get some sleep?”

Then the smallest of thoughts, comes to me.
“Tomorrow, is for tomorrow.”

So I go back to bed, and then the whirlwind starts up again.
Only this time, I have something to combat it with. I quietly, and gently, try to focus on the small thought, that I’d just been given.
“Tomorrow, is for tomorrow.”

I’d like to say that it was easy, it wasn’t.
I’d like to say that it was quick, it wasn’t.
But slowly, the whirlwind quietened down, as I tried to calmly focus on the simple thought of, “Tomorrow, is for tomorrow.”
And I was then able to find the sleep, that I was so desperately searching for.

Matthew 6:34
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.